fulminous speech
- noun
- Her fulminous speech at the rally inspired many people to take action.
Examples
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The politician delivered a fulminous speech that left the audience in awe.
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Critics praised the author's fulminous speech for its intensity and rhetoric.
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The politician delivered a fulminous speech that inspired many.
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Have you ever heard a fulminous speech like that?
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Critics praised the author's fulminous speech for its intensity and rhetoric.
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Her fulminous speech at the rally inspired many people to take action.
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The politician delivered a fulminous speech that left the audience in awe.
Synonyms
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6.7
Speech or writing that strongly convinces and moves people
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A speech that makes people very angry or causes unrest
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
fulminous + speech
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: if a learner knows 'fulminous' (meaning thunderous, explosive, denunciatory) then 'fulminous speech' is directly interpretable as an intense or forceful speech. Note, however, that 'fulminous' is a rare word and may be unknown to B1 learners in practice, but the phrase itself is compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Fulminous speech comes from a word that means 'lightning'. Picture a speaker whose words strike the room like a flash of lightning or a loud clap of thunder, so fulminous speech means 'intense' and 'powerful'.